Singles That Mingle

 With Captain Stavros

 

 

Bon Iver – Everything is Peaceful Love

 Sable Fable Out April 11 Via Jagjagwar

This one’s hard to pin down, bit like popping rocks in your mouth. Worth a listen, unpack something new each spin.

 

 

LA Witch – 777

DogGod Out April 4 Via Suicide Squeeze Records

Anemic fuzz for the win.

 

Joni – Things I Left Behind

Things I Left Behind Out April 11 Via Hand In Hive/Keeled Sales

A fast and furious finger picking good time tune.

 

Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor – Kokiri

All Worlds Out March 7 Via Sacred Bones

Didn’t grab us at first but got lost in browser tabs and wormed its way in, give it a whirl.

 

Bnny – Love Trap

One Million Love Songs Out Now Via Fire Talk

We defo got snapped up in that trap.

 

Clara Mann – Doubled Over

Rift Out March 7 Via State51

An unhurried and fully formed track.

 

CoCoRosie - Yesterday

Little Death Wishes Out April 28 Via Joyful Noise

I remember yesterday like it was just yesterday, crackin’ lyrics.

 

Bonnie Trash - Haunt Me (What Have You Become?)

Mourning You Out now Via Hand Drawn Dracula

This dark beat make our heart beat.

 

Tindersticks - Soft Tissue

Can you imagine this absolutely sound track never being released? Killer cut.

 

 

Barcelona’s Primavera Sounds showed everyone how to announce a festival line up. Almost two hundred names adorn the festival poster and they will all feature at The Parc del Fòrum from Wednesday May 31 through Sunday June 4 2017, whilst the Raval neighbourhood will once again be the headquarters of the increasingly attractive free programme in the centre of the city.

Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, The XX, Aphex Twin, Grace Jones, Slayer, Solange And Van Morrison top the bill at the seventeenth edition of the festival. But the smaller print is just as interesting.

Granddaddy, Broken Social Scene, Japandroids, Swans, Gojira, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Converge, The Damned, St Etienne, The Afghan Whigs, Sleaford Mods, !!!, Badbadnotgood, The Zombies, Royal Trux, Against Me!, Shellac, Glass Animals and Wild Beasts are all in the second tier of acts, while Julia Jacklin, Joy Orbison, Let’s Eat Grandma, Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong), Skinny Puppy, Wave Pictures, and The Wedding Present are down with the optician’s favourites.

The Primavera Sound 2017 full festival tickets in Barcelona cost €175 until 7th January. They can be purchased here in English. Instalment plans and VIP tickets are available.